Currycomb.



No. 725,529; v PATENTED APR; 14, 1903.

J. H. A. WILLE.

GURRYUOMB.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 25, 1900.

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.ATENT QFFICE.

JOHN H. A. WIL LE, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

CURRYCOMB.

SPECIFICATION forming; part of Letters Patent No. 725,529, dated April 14, 1903.

Application filed June 25, 1900. Serial No. 211527. lModel.) 7

T0 on whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. A. WILLE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Savention in the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and wherein- Figure 1 is a side view of a currycomb having my improved back and grippiece attached thereto, the comb being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the back and grip-piece, showing the end of the grip-flange as extending beyond the faceplate. the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

It may be stated that in the ordinary use of a flat-back currycomb the comb -plate is usually grasped by the hand and the handle seldom used except whennecessary to reach parts where the hand would interfere with the currying and for knocking the dirt from the comb.

Referringto the drawings, ldesignates the bottom face of the grip-piece, made rectangular in its boundaries and constituting aflat plate or surface adapted to set upon and be fastened to the comb-plate of the currycomb, as indicated in Fig. 1, and to provide means for this connection the corners 2 are provided with apertures 2, through which and the currycomb-plate rivets may be projected and the parts he firmly held together. Integral with the part 1 is formed the hand-piece or grippiece 3 having its top surfaces adjacent to the base of the handle 6 and on both sides thereof curved downwardly and concaved to the edge of the part 1, as indicated at 9, the concave form being carried across and under the handle 6, as seen at 8. Thehandle 6 is formed integral with grip-piece 3 and is pref- Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on erably flared at its junction with the grip-' piece, as at 3. The concaved or curved parts 9 and 8 constitute a seat for the thumb of the currier when using the implement. The ban dle 6 extends from one end of the grip-piece and is made integral therewith and may be spread at the base, as at 3, to coincide with the surface-lines of the thumb-seat.

The outer or free end of the grip-piece 3 is rounded in vertical or edge contour and circularin end cross contour and projects beyond and overhangs the part 1 or bottom plate, as shown in Figs. 1 and2 of the drawings, and is formed with a finger-grooveo, extending under and about the overhanging portion 5, to provide a seat in which the ends and first joints of the fingers engage when the grippiece is grasped in the useof the implement.

It will thus be seen that theparticular contour and shape of the grip-piece affords a convenient and sure grip for the hand in the use of the currycomb and enables the currier to perform the 'currying operation with certainty and without detriment to the grasp. The construction of the grip-piece enables it to be used by either the right or left hand.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is v A combined currycomb back and handle, the back thereof having a rectangular. base and a transversely-rounded front upper por' tion with a vertically-curved overhanging edge portion, a concaved or hollowedoutportion formed between the base and the vertically-curved overhanging portion which decreases in size rearwardly to the opposite vertical side walls of the back, the upper rear tion of the'handle being rounded to form a 7 connection with the said opposite downwardly-inclined portions and the concaved under surface portion of the handle, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. A. WILLE.

Witnesses: I

D. H. MONSEER, J. G. SWANSTON. 

